Dialogue Coach: How to Tell Off Your Boss
The cinema offers 11 helpful ways to get you to the unemployment line.
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March 13, 2010
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Repeat What They Say in an Accusatory Tone
Clear and Present Danger, The President (Donald Moffat) drops an executive order:
"How dare you come in here and lecture me!"
to which Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) retorts:
"How dare you, sir!"
Use the Adrenaline of the Moment
Beverly Hills Cop 2, Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) puts his foot down on the police chief:
"You shut up! This is what the alphabet crimes were all about -- GUNS! And that guy sold them. And Dent bought them with stolen money from Adrianos and his own racetrack. He was on his way to Central America. And if you bother to take your head out of your ass - you'd see we solved the whole goddamn thing."
Make Them Painfully Aware Everyone Knows Their Dirty Secrets
Wanted, Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) loses his cool with his boss Janice:
"I know we laugh at you, Janice. We all know you keep a stash of jelly donuts in the top drawer of your desk. But I want you to know, if you weren't such a bitch, we'd feel sorry for you. I do feel sorry for you. But as it stands, the way you behave - I feel I can speak for the entire office when I tell you... go f*ck yourself."
